Armenians have had a longstanding tradition of serving for the powers that be of the Near East, being a people and land coveted in the conflicts of Sassanid Persia and the Eastern Romans, and later standing at the forefront of Christian Roman and Muslim conflicts. Yet the status quo of Armenia's position in the Near East was shattered with the arrival of the Seljuks and battle of Manzikert. In the loss of Greater Armenia to the Muslims and spread of the Turks within Anatolia Armenians were in a unique position to realize their ambitions, both in their own Sovereingty with the Cilician Kingdom of Armenia and in offering their martial skills to the wealth of new customers./n/nThe craggy terrain of Eastern Anatolia has long housed martially adept tribes with a preference for foot archer and javelineering in a guerilla style, a manner symbolized especially by the adept Armenians who have come to ply their services as mercenaries the Near East over. Their most frequent work has been in the employ of the Romans, the Crusaders, and the now fallen Fatimids, amongst whom the term "Archer" became a synonym for "Armenian". These minor nobility of whom ancestral fiefdoms were lost to the Seljuk invasions, Roman usurping, or are simply the second or third sons without an inheritance nor the wealth to afford a horse ply themselves as adept archers willing but not dedicated to fighting in close quarters as well. The abundance of employment has given them the ability to afford light mail hauberks and leather jerkins, making these mencapable enough in close quarters but far more valuable at a distance.

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The Kingdom of Georgia

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Kingdom of Makuria

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Kingdom of Jerusalem

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Imamate of Oman

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Khwarezm Shah

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Kypchak Confederacy

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Ghorid Sultanate

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Sultanate of Ghazni

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Solanki Rajputs

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Kingdom of Armenia

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Great Seljuks

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Malikate of Sindh

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Eastern Roman Empire

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Abbasid Caliphate

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Ayyubid Sultanate

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Turkish Sultanate

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

The Mongols

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.

Rebels

Azat Archersmissile infantryArmored archers from the ancestral homelands of Armenians, adept at marksmanship and limited melee.